Xia Xiao's mind was filled with memories of the past, when Shu Shuang was no longer with him. He and Azhu walked for a long time on the grasslands of Gou Longbang clan, saw the wolf demon, and also met the fat monk and the little monk. They went to the capital of Gou Longbang clan, the royal court, where there was a trace of demonic energy. They searched for a long time before finding something in the princess' stone bead. However, they left after they were sure that the black huang they were looking for was not hidden there, and the stone bead was secretly returned to the princess.

After several years, Xia Xiao's understanding of darkness and magic has gone beyond the superficial surface at that time, so he knows the function of this stone bead. However, he still cannot resolve the power in it, nor can he absorb it.

When they looked at each other, the evil spirit in Xia Xiao's body even had the urge to break out of his body, as if he was about to be attacked by the backlash. This domineering made Xia Xiao's eyes redder, and bloodshot continued to climb up, but he suddenly closed them and entered the meadow in the five elements space, causing the dancing black tree to stop moving, and he was finally at peace.

When the evil spirits all around dissipated, Xia Xiao took a deep breath, and his cold and stern expression disappeared, becoming extremely calm, no longer so rude and fierce. He glanced at Xiao Ran and the princess whose name he didn't know yet, and saw that her clothes were torn on her chest, so he apologized immediately, even kneeling on one knee to apologize.

Xiao Ran was a little stunned. Xia Xiao had never been so humble in front of the Dark Demonic Path, but now he was doing such a great honor. He really knew the importance of the matter. The Demonic Path was unforgivable. Even if Hei Huang had saved Xia Xiao many times, he would repay him one by one in the future. But he was still the son of Xia Jinghong of the Great Xia Dynasty. As a citizen of a country, he could not embarrass himself in front of the princess of a neighboring country, not to mention that this weaker woman had done nothing wrong.

"I was temporarily blinded by the evil spirit before and frightened Her Royal Highness the Princess. I hope you can atone for your sin."

Although Xia Xiao's gift could not repay his rude behavior, his identity was too special to make Ningshen Academy and even more forces wait for him, so Long Kui signaled him to sit up.

The scene was awkward for a while, and no one knew what to say. Long Kui was introverted and just looked at Xia Xiao's hand. Seeing that he had no intention of returning it, Long Kui asked softly:

"Is there any demonic energy in this stone bead?"

Long Kui had never heard of the term "devil energy" before, but she had only recently heard it from the accompanying practitioners. She did not ask much, but now she was curious. Even if Xia Xiao was possessed by a demon and his mind was bewildered by the demon energy, what did it have to do with this stone bead? Seeing that he had been holding it, was he really not going to return it? How could she get it back?

Seeing Long Kui's pitiful eyes, Xia Xiao always felt that she was somewhat similar to Si Yunying. Although they were different in appearance, age, and charm, Si Yunying was always accompanied by poetry throughout her life, and was full of the fragrance of books, while Long Kui was much simpler, but Xia Xiao just felt that they were similar. The feeling was hard to describe, like a dream, illusory, but somewhat real.

Xia Xiao has a good memory and always remembers many people and many things, but sometimes he feels so guilty and uneasy when he thinks of them that his brain is confused. He also has to be as gentle as possible so as not to scare Long Kui.

"Your Highness, this contains extremely strong demonic energy. If it explodes, everyone in the entire royal court will be devoured by it."

“How could it be…”

Long Kui frowned, her face full of disbelief, but Xia Xiao shook his head and didn't faint. Originally, Xia Xiao's condition was better after drinking the porridge, but because of the disturbance of the evil spirit in the stone bead, he became confused again, even worse than before. Before, he was just injured and tired, but now he was mentally injured and it was even more difficult to recover.

Long Kui didn't want to give up fighting for her mother's relics, so she added:

"It's been around for three hundred years."

"The demons I saw have lived for a thousand years. They are planning to disrupt the Great Wilderness, and all humans will be their food. They have been preparing for this day for a long time, longer than a thousand years. As for this stone bead placed in the royal court, it is probably the food they prepared for themselves before the march."

Long Kui was horrified. If it was really that dangerous, she would just not want it. But unknowingly, her peaceful life was broken by Xia Xiao, and she was dragged into a pool of muddy water, which made her silent and she covered her clothes in front of her chest with her hands for a long time.

Xia Xiao apologized again and again, feeling unwell, and was about to leave, but he saw Long Kui blushing and asking:

"I always feel like you look familiar, have I seen you somewhere?"

"Three years ago, I went to the royal court and treated your illness with Senior Xuyun. Now it seems that your illness has improved a lot."

At that time, Long Kui was weak and often unconscious, and Xia Xiao met her through a thin gauze, not sitting together and looking at each other like now.

After Xia Xiao's words, Long Kui did have some impressions and remembered some things. No wonder she always felt that she had seen Xia Xiao somewhere before. It turned out that he was the benefactor who treated her illness. She immediately felt a lot of favor for him and completely forgot Xia Xiao's previous rude and rude behavior.

"Except for getting up more often at night and having nightmares, I really don't have any other discomfort. Thank you."

Long Kui didn't know how to address Xia Xiao, so she used the word "Young Master" to fit the chivalrous spirit of the grasslands. Xia Xiao heard it and forced a smile, saying:

"Your illness is related to this stone bead. We didn't take it away at the time to avoid alerting the enemy. Now is the right time. Without it, you can sleep well tonight. When Your Highness arrives in Zhenxun, you can come to Xia's house to find me. Xia Xiao will definitely treat you warmly to make up for the current mistakes. But because of the urgent war, Xia Xiao will excuse himself. Thank you for your care, Princess."

Thinking of the intimate actions when she was feeding porridge, Long Kui nodded shyly, and because of the blush on her face, she looked a little more lively than usual.

She opened the window and watched Xia Xiao and Xia Xiaoran fly away after the ceremony. She couldn't help but envy them. It would be great if they could take her with them. She had never been to heaven. But Long Kui had not yet entered the path of cultivation. It was simply a foolish dream to achieve that. She should go to Zhenxun peacefully and complete the mission given to her by her father!

Afterwards, if Xia Xiao was not busy, she could still visit Xia's house.

Xia Xiao's words were all polite. It was unimaginable for a princess to go to his Xia Mansion. But Long Kui, who had been staying in the palace, was curious about many things. She didn't dare to do them before, but now she had inexplicable courage. If time permits and there is an opportunity, maybe she will really go.

When the sturdy black maid came back, Long Kui had changed into a wide-sleeved fairy dress. Seeing that Xia Xiao and the others were gone, she asked the princess what happened. She answered one by one, which led the maid to report. However, there were some things that she kept in her heart.

Facing the normal wind that was neither warm nor cool, Xia Xiao exhaled and said to Xiao Ran:

"Thank you for your hard work. We have to move at full speed in the next few days and rush back to Zhenxun day and night."

"Don't worry, I've looked at the map, and it will only take two days to get there. By the way, the power in this stone bead, could it be that Black Huang released it?"

"No one else can move around in the wilderness as freely as she does."

"If her original intention was to blow up the royal court and absorb the life energy within, then after Long Kui left the royal court and we took the stone bead away, would she come looking for us?"

Xiao Ran herself was not afraid, but she did not want Long Kui to be in danger. However, the royal court was not close to the previous place. If Hei Huang wanted to take action, he would have returned the stone bead to Gou Longbangshi long ago, but he did not care about it. Maybe he wanted to let nature take its course. But now it followed him to Zhenxun, wouldn't it be going to a place with more living energy?

Xiao Ran was obviously overthinking it. Hei Huang might have forgotten about this matter long ago. But even if she had her own answer, she wanted to hear Xia Xiao's insights and opinions, but he never answered.

If it weren't for Xia Xiao's weight on his back and his breath, Xiao Ran would have thought he had fallen. Twisting her slender neck, Xiao Ran saw that Xia Xiao had fallen asleep on her back, and looking at his frowning face, she couldn't help but feel distressed.

The wind in the air was flowing, like a shield, protecting Xia Xiao inside. Xiao Ran took him to fly quickly. Although there were ripples in her heart, she was still very determined and felt that she did the right thing. If Shu Shuang had not taken the initiative to tear up the spiritual contract at that time, Xiao Ran would have died with her. And Ju Mang, if it weren't for him, she would have died on the grassland long ago. But now that she was still alive, she had to stay with Xia Xiao and help him wait for Ju Mang to return.

The upcoming war is not just a simple battle between light and darkness, but also involves hatred and hatred. More importantly, it is a contest between two major races. There are not many races in the Great Wilderness. Apart from humans, there are beasts. Although the sea beasts are arrogant and once thought that the wild beasts on land are just hybrids, and those flying in the sky are just hairy monsters, they can be roughly divided into beasts and will unite in front of humans.

This time, the Lanze Spirit Bird Clan, where Xiao Ran belongs, will definitely attack humans under the leadership of the Black Dragon King Clan. According to the blood flowing in his body, Xiao Ran should have gone back, but he didn't want to go back. Maybe it was really like what his sister said, that since he left, he no longer belonged to the Spirit Bird Clan.

The pain of separation from her race made Xiao Ran shed tears, but she still flapped her cloud-like wings and headed south. The further south she went, the warmer the weather became. She liked that feeling, but when darkness enveloped her, she couldn't help but feel lost. If she stayed here, she would have to face the unknown life and death of her mother and sister, and the possibility of even dying at the hands of humans. But if she went back, she would have to fight against Xia Xiao again.

Knowing what to do has nothing to do with being entangled. Just like at this moment, Xiaoran has been thinking about it, but it did not delay the flight and got one step closer to Zhenxun.